Election Prayer to Mary

Msgr. William J. Blacet (revised 2004)

O Most Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of Mercy, at this most critical time we
entrust the United States of America to your loving care.

Most Holy Mother, we beg you to reclaim this land for the glory of your Son.
Overwhelmed with the burden of the sins of our nation, we cry to you from the
depths of our hearts and seek refuge in your motherly protection.

Look down with mercy upon us and touch the hearts of our people. Open
our minds to the great worth of human life and to the responsibilities that
accompany human freedom.

Free us from the falsehoods that lead to the evil of abortion and threaten
the sanctity of family life. Grant our country the wisdom to proclaim that
God's law is the foundation on which this nation was founded, and that He alone
is the True Source of our cherished rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of
happiness.

O Merciful Mother, give us the courage to reject the culture of death and the
strength to build a new Culture of Life.

Trusting in your most powerful intercession, we pray:

Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who
fled to thy protection, implored thy help, or sought thy intercession was left
unaided. Inspired by this confidence, we fly unto thee, O Virgin of virgins, our
Mother. To thee do we come, before thee we stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother
of the Word Incarnate, despise not our petitions, but in thy mercy hear and
answer us.